R&D personnel
In 2022, 123 thousand people were employed in research and development in the Czech Republic. In terms of full-time work spent on research and development, there were 86.1 thousand people. The share of full-time equivalent persons in R&D in the total number of employees was 1.6%. The Czech Republic has one of the lowest share of women in research and development within the European Union. The share of women in research and development personnel in the Czech Republic is lower than 30% in the long term.
Research and development personnel by region
(year 2024)
| Headcount as at 31. 12. | Full-time equivalent persons | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1) | women | by main sectors of performance | Per 1,000 employees in the given region | Total 1) | women | by main sectors of performance | Per 1,000 employees in the given region | |||||
| Business enterprise sector | Higher education sector | Government sector | Business enterprise sector | Higher education sector | Government sector | |||||||
| Total | 122,683 | 38,220 | 65,630 | 37,535 | 18,703 | : | 86,948 | 24,985 | 51,740 | 20,831 | 13,737 | : |
Hlavní město Praha | 46,652 | 16,049 | 20,119 | 14,054 | 11,926 | : | 33,918 | 10,726 | 16,435 | 8,156 | 8,839 | : |
Středočeský kraj | 9,949 | 2,640 | 7,182 | 331 | 2,399 | : | 8,542 | 2,165 | 6,341 | 248 | 1,926 | : |
Jihočeský kraj | 3,986 | 1,402 | 1,924 | 1,141 | 893 | : | 2,831 | 952 | 1,556 | 598 | 659 | : |
Plzeňský kraj | 6,066 | 1,674 | 3,433 | 2,479 | 93 | : | 3,693 | 752 | 2,688 | 911 | 57 | : |
Karlovarský kraj | 355 | 79 | 314 | : | 41 | : | 230 | 45 | 219 | : | 12 | : |
Ústecký kraj | 1,959 | 685 | 1,275 | 565 | 119 | : | 1,110 | 380 | 847 | 200 | 63 | : |
Liberecký kraj | 3,684 | 964 | 2,555 | 997 | 111 | : | 2,250 | 545 | 1,693 | 482 | 62 | : |
Královéhradecký kraj | 3,953 | 1,318 | 2,030 | 1,853 | 67 | : | 2,240 | 682 | 1,526 | 686 | 28 | : |
Pardubický kraj | 3,896 | 993 | 3,080 | 767 | 49 | : | 2,544 | 572 | 2,193 | 304 | 47 | : |
Kraj Vysočina | 1,762 | 248 | 1,713 | 13 | 34 | : | 1,123 | 140 | 1,087 | 6 | 29 | : |
Jihomoravský kraj | 23,411 | 7,379 | 11,888 | 8,876 | 2,569 | : | 16,813 | 4,982 | 9,657 | 5,341 | 1,782 | : |
Olomoucký kraj | 5,588 | 1,921 | 2,512 | 2,913 | 151 | : | 3,934 | 1,309 | 1,931 | 1,893 | 107 | : |
Zlínský kraj | 4,418 | 939 | 3,644 | 692 | 73 | : | 3,052 | 574 | 2,664 | 355 | 24 | : |
Moravskoslezský kraj | 7,004 | 1,929 | 3,961 | 2,854 | 178 | : | 4,667 | 1,162 | 2,902 | 1,653 | 102 | : |
1) includes also data for the private non-profit sector
Source: CZSO, Annual survey on research and development VTR 5-01
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